CVE-2019-18932
log.c in Squid Analysis Report Generator (sarg) through 2.3.11 allows local privilege escalation. By default, it uses a fixed temporary directory /tmp/sarg. As the root user, sarg creates this
02 Description
log.c in Squid Analysis Report Generator (sarg) through 2.3.11 allows local privilege escalation. By default, it uses a fixed temporary directory /tmp/sarg. As the root user, sarg creates this
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 16.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-21 17:52Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c9c316f0cd832ded6de4c7d4241bd66c0d9b34ac1d36ca1ab1b49b8412f57d87
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150554
- sourceforge.nethttps://sourceforge.net/projects/sarg/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200120 CVE-2019-18932: sarg: insecure usage of /tmp/sarg allows privilege escalation / DoS attack vectorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/6
- seclists.org[oss-security] CVE-2019-18932: sarg: insecure usage of /tmp/sarg allows privilege escalation / DoS attack vectorhttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q1/23
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200127 Re: CVE-2019-18932: sarg: insecure usage of /tmp/sarg allows privilege escalation / DoS attack vectorhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/27/1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0117http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00051.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0140http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00063.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-32https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-32
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- sarg Fixed in 2.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- sarg Fixed in 2.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- sarg Fixed in 2.4.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- sarg No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- sarg No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- sarg No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.